Automated photography and inspection station

Abstract

An automated station includes a plurality of panels forming an enclosure, a camera positioned within the enclosure, a light fixture positioned within the enclosure, a turntable positioned within the enclosure, an inspection device, and a computer controller functionally coupled to the camera, the light fixture, the turntable, and the inspection device. The computer controller controls the operation of the camera, the light fixture, the turntable, and the inspection device based on information received by the computer controller about an object to be photographed and inspected by the station. A method includes receiving an object into an automated station and a computer controller functionally coupled to the automated station performing the steps of: receiving information about the object, automatically adjusting one or more configuration options of the automated station based on the received information, and receiving input about whether the automated station will photograph the object, inspect the object, or both.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.